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Arcane Lexicons of Regional Tongues
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Across
- 1. Old Scots dialect word for idle or foolish talk
- 2. Cornish word for a fishing method beneath waves
- 3. A rarely heard insult implying cowardice in Northern English
- 6. Derbyshire dialect for a small pillar or post
- 8. Northern English dialect for plowing or laborious digging
- 9. Scottish surname turned obscure noun for shiny grass tips
Down
- 4. Worn breeches, a Yorkshire legacy
- 5. Boffin’s insult from northern England—thickskull
- 7. Dialectal term for a small borough or township
- 10. Obscure corporal punishment derived from Iberian dialects
- 11. Southern US dialect variant for a specific color shade
- 12. Enigmatic leader of a military drill line
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